Marine

• Pink salmon: an invasive non-native species

  7th September 2023 by Marine Directorate Communications

  The Scottish Government is working with Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS), NatureScot and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to co-ordinate a monitoring programme for pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), an invasive non-native species present in Scotland’s rivers. Data collected from this monitoring will guide the appropriate management response.  

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• The smothering impact of Didemnum vexillum

  28th May 2021 by Marine Directorate Communications

  Didemnum vexillum, commonly known as ‘Carpet Sea Squirt’,  is an invasive non-native marine organism that is now known to be established in the UK.

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• Recent Marine Scotland Science Publications

  6th May 2020 by Marine Directorate Communications

  Marine Scotland Science, as a core Scottish Government (SG) Division, is working to support SG’s overall COVID-19 response. It also continues to sustain critical marine science delivery and has over the last month produced the following notable publications: Auer, S.K., Bassar, R.D., Turek, D., Anderson, G.J., McKelvey, S., Armstrong, J.D., Nislow, K.H., Downie, H.K., Morgan,…

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